Douglas, Jerry Band, The / What If
| Album: | What If | Collection: | Country | |
| Artist: | Douglas, Jerry Band, The | Added: | Sep 2017 | |
| Label: | Rounder Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2017-09-27 | Pull Date: | 2017-11-29 | Charts: | Country/Bluegrass |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 26 | Nov 12 | Oct 29 | Oct 15 | Oct 8 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 27, 2024: | That's not Bluegrass
The Last Wild Moor |
4. | Dec 08, 2021: | That's Not Bluegrass. (rebroadcast from Dec 5, 2017)
What If |
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| 2. | Feb 24, 2022: | The Iron Skillet (rebroadcast from Feb 5, 2022)
Butcher Boy |
5. | Sep 19, 2021: | That's Not Bluegrass. (rebroadcast from Nov 21, 2017)
Hot Country 84.5 |
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| 3. | Feb 05, 2022: | The Iron Skillet
Butcher Boy |
6. | Sep 07, 2021: | Old Fart At Play (rebroadcast from Feb 20, 2020)
Cavebop |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-09-23
Reviewed 2017-09-23
Reviewed: 2917-09-23
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
Review: Dobro wizard Douglas returns with a virtuosic septet in tow on this highly enjoyable disc. Bluegrass meets jazz. And check out the classic rock reinvention on #5!
If You Like: Mike Auldridge, Tut Taylor, Jethro Burns, Bob Brozman, Vassar Clements
Track Review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ Cavebop (4:51) - dobro starts> lightning fast jam> trumpet solo> guitar solo> sax solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick stop 2/ Unfolding (7:14) - fiddle/dobro starts> midtempo jam> dobro solo fiddle solo swings uptempo> sax solo>bass solo> dobro solo> midtempo jam> quick stop *3/ 2:19 (4:09) - drums start> midtempo jam & song> raunchy sax solo> midtempo song> crescendo end *4/ What If (6:46) - dobro starts> quiet midtempo jam builds in volume & cpmplexity while slowly meandering into your brain, then fades away **5/ Hey Joe (4:19) - dobro starts> uptempo song> sweet dobro solo> fiddle solo> sax solo> uptempo song. guitar solo> song> quick stop 6/ Battle Stick (4:49) - fiddle starts> midtempo jam> dodro solo to fade *7/ Go Ahead & Leave (3:11) - fiddle start> midtempo jam with gorgeous dobro over the top> quick fade *8/ Butcher Boy (4:34) dobro starts> slow tempo jam swings to midtempo> like a sountrack for a western> slow fade 9/ Freemantle (4:28) - dobro starts> slow tempo jam swings to midtempo> dobro solo. trumpet solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> fade *10/ The Last Wild Moor (4:39) - dobro starts> slow tempo jam> fiddle solo> dobro solo> slow fade *11/ Hot Country 84.5 (3:07) fiddle starts> midtempobuilds to uptempo> dobro solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> fade
Genre: Country
FCCs: none
Review: Dobro wizard Douglas returns with a virtuosic septet in tow on this highly enjoyable disc. Bluegrass meets jazz. And check out the classic rock reinvention on #5!
If You Like: Mike Auldridge, Tut Taylor, Jethro Burns, Bob Brozman, Vassar Clements
Track Review (favorites denoted by *): 1/ Cavebop (4:51) - dobro starts> lightning fast jam> trumpet solo> guitar solo> sax solo> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick stop 2/ Unfolding (7:14) - fiddle/dobro starts> midtempo jam> dobro solo fiddle solo swings uptempo> sax solo>bass solo> dobro solo> midtempo jam> quick stop *3/ 2:19 (4:09) - drums start> midtempo jam & song> raunchy sax solo> midtempo song> crescendo end *4/ What If (6:46) - dobro starts> quiet midtempo jam builds in volume & cpmplexity while slowly meandering into your brain, then fades away **5/ Hey Joe (4:19) - dobro starts> uptempo song> sweet dobro solo> fiddle solo> sax solo> uptempo song. guitar solo> song> quick stop 6/ Battle Stick (4:49) - fiddle starts> midtempo jam> dodro solo to fade *7/ Go Ahead & Leave (3:11) - fiddle start> midtempo jam with gorgeous dobro over the top> quick fade *8/ Butcher Boy (4:34) dobro starts> slow tempo jam swings to midtempo> like a sountrack for a western> slow fade 9/ Freemantle (4:28) - dobro starts> slow tempo jam swings to midtempo> dobro solo. trumpet solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> fade *10/ The Last Wild Moor (4:39) - dobro starts> slow tempo jam> fiddle solo> dobro solo> slow fade *11/ Hot Country 84.5 (3:07) fiddle starts> midtempobuilds to uptempo> dobro solo> guitar solo> midtempo jam> fade
Track Listing
| 1. | Cavebop | 6. | Battle Stick | |||
| 2. | Unfolding | 7. | Go Ahead And Leave | |||
| 3. | 2:19 | 8. | Butcher Boy | |||
| 4. | What If | 9. | Freemantle | |||
| 5. | Hey Joe | 10. | The Last Wild Moor | |||
| 11. | Hot Country 84.5 | |||||